Elizabeth Smart | A Story of Survival

The Dozier School for Boys hid decades of terror behind its walls. Families waited years for answers about their missing children. For over a century, this institution operated as a nightmare for vulnerable youth. The grim reality of the Florida reform school is only now coming t ...  Show more

An au pair returned to collect forgotten lunches, only to find a stranger lurking in the driveway. A true crime nightmare. On February 24th, 2023, Juliana Perez Magalhães arrived back at the Banfield home, leaving four-year-old Valerie waiting in the car. What should have been a ...  Show more

Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knifepoint in the middle of the night from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2002. She was 14 years old. For more than 9 months, she was held captive by a predator – one who kept her hidden in plain sight.

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In 2002, 14 year-old Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home in the middle of the night, sparking one of America’s most intense true crime investigations. For nine months, she was held captive by a self-proclaimed prophet and his wife: hidden in plain sight. Mo ...  Show more

After abducting Elizabeth Smart in 2002, Barzee and Mitchell — known to each other as Hephzibah and Immanuel — fashioned her into a sister-wife, systematically abusing her into submission. It would be nine months before Elizabeth was rescued by police in Utah. Learn more about yo ...  Show more

Elizabeth Smart captured the attention of the nation when she was kidnapped at knife-point from her Salt Lake City home in June of 2002. She was 14 years old. Investigators found her nine months later and arrested her kidnappers, Brian David Mitchell and his wife Wanda Barzee. Mi ...  Show more